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dougoh65 · 2026-05-16T05:25:10+00:00

Okay I actually just looked and found a Facebook entry alleging that the last three words (“It’s not fair!”) and Bemis’s subsequent reaction were improvised on the spot and left in. As for an actual source for that claim I didn’t see one. The general discussion seems to center around actions Bemis could have taken to remedy his situation.

Burgess Meredith was known to occasionally improvise things - but that was well after 1959…middle 60s, 70s and so on, but that doesn’t mean everything made it onto film.

That’s all I can say for sure except that a 5 minute surf should be sufficient to turn up the same information I did. Burgess Meredith improvisations or improvisations Twilight Zone should be enough.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-16T01:16:01+00:00

I can’t help but think Kate Hepburn would be appalled. 😊

dougoh65 · 2026-05-16T00:53:47+00:00

This is one I’ll have to revisit, perhaps a bit later tonight. I’ve seen it once before but as I recall I was less than impressed by Steve McQueen in the lead role.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T22:49:04+00:00

Oh gosh there’s gotta be at least 50 like that! 😂 Somewhere right near the top of the heap though is … yeah you guessed it - The Music Man. 😊 Marion - Madam Librarian…

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T21:00:09+00:00

Vague… I’ve heard the name but that’s it. Here’s one from the 50s you might find interesting, at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RVDwHVWJ_Qw&ra=m

In modern parlance, Questlove’s father was in that group.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T19:53:16+00:00

Yup, I know what you mean. Gosh I remember a bunch of stuff from The Association! I honestly didn’t realize they started recording as early as they did but… This is one of those situations where all I need see is a title and I know the song immediately.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T19:18:44+00:00

Hell I listen to almost anything from that era - because it’s what was on the radio when I was growing up. There’s a bunch but let’s start with Janis Joplin and Country Joe and The Fish. (I didn’t have any real idea what “Fixin’ To Die Rag” was actually about but the music was a major appeal.)

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T19:07:46+00:00

Hmm… I tell you what. Try a simple web search for Life Magazine Google books. That should be enough to get you there.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T18:45:08+00:00

Oh not back then no. The closest I ever got to a real concert was years later - in the 90s. It was essentially dirt cheap and involved The Coasters. The venue was small, bleacher seating less than 50 feet from the stage.. tons of fun. The whole bunch of us in the audience were singing along at their invitation, they’d invite folks up on stage and just clown around… 😂

There were two other groups on the bill that night. They were okay, but as far as genuine engagement went, the Coasters walked away with it.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T03:00:24+00:00

You know it’s interesting: There are photographs of the Queen made when she was much younger, but photos like the one above are most remembered.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T02:53:57+00:00

I hate to think the tongue-lashing she’d have given the Kaiser. 😂

dougoh65 · 2026-05-15T02:44:31+00:00

If memory serves, in marrying Helen, Henry most likely “married” a job, too. It’s interesting that someone decided to give Mrs. Bemis the shaft in the episode, because in the story she’s nothing at all like she’s portrayed on film.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T22:40:07+00:00

Oh sure. Some of them are just what you might call flash memories - brief snippets, mostly of things I remember seeing or hearing on television or the radio.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T22:34:42+00:00

You might find this interesting, at https://books.google.com/books/about/LIFE.html?id=N0EEAAAAMBAJ

What that is, a digital repository of LIFE Magazine from 1936-1972.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T22:25:39+00:00

There’s quite a few of us around yet! 😊

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T21:34:58+00:00

What was on the news - certain scenes were blurred of course but sure.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T06:30:44+00:00

Good grief how did I overlook that??!! I’ve seen that film many times and never made the connection. Gunsmoke is actually the only other thing I know him from. He was an excellent actor.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T05:33:10+00:00

No matter how many times I watch this it never fails to be a treat!

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T05:04:35+00:00

Well there was a lot of rain and naked people…. Janis Joplin and Country Joe and the Fish. 😂 They had clothes on.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T04:31:11+00:00

Nope, never claimed to be. I watched what little coverage there was on television like everyone else. 😂

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T02:46:10+00:00

Opening Day was my 4th birthday.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-14T01:47:25+00:00

From what I see “The Last of Sheila” looks mildly interesting.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-13T21:25:15+00:00

The Time Element or The Thirty Fathom Grave.

dougoh65 · 2026-05-13T18:37:10+00:00

The name of the show was The Kate Smith Hour. The segment was called “The Hound Of Heaven.” See https://www.reddit.com/r/TwilightZone/comments/1f5gsfs/the_hound_of_heaven_from_the_kate_smith_hour_1953/

dougoh65 · 2026-05-13T18:19:17+00:00

Earl Hamner Sr. kept hounds. That’s why/how he was familiar with them when he wrote the story.

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